Lifeskills Challenge

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What is Lifeskills Challenge?

This e-learning resource – www.lifeskillschallenge.org.uk – allows schools, colleges and other providers to personalise their learners' curriculum and meet their individual needs. It will help centres meet the requirements of the Children and Families Bill and embed the SEND Code of Practice.

Choose from an online bank of challenges that recognise learners' progress in curriculum areas that are important for success in adult life. The challenges are usually about being able to do things, rather than acquiring a significant body of knowledge.

Lifeskills Challenge also comes with the option of ASDAN certification, offering recognition for small steps of achievement.

Who is it for?

Lifeskills Challenge is for learners of all ages working from pre-Entry to Level 2. It can be used in a range of educational settings, such as schools, colleges, residential centres and training providers.

It is particularly suited to learners with Education and Health Care Plans, but can also be used by those who would have accessed additional learning support.

Facts and figures

  • Challenges take 10, 20 or 30 notional learning hours to complete
  • Learner registration costs £17.30 per person, which lasts for 12 months and includes one certification opportunity
  • There is also an opportunity to purchase a 'Registration Extension Fee' for £10 per learner registration. Each learner will therefore have a 2nd year of registration. This will mean that all challenges role over to the 2nd year and certification is also deferred to the 2nd year.
  • There is no limit to the number of challenges each learner can complete

Requirements

Tutors can choose from existing challenges created by experienced ASDAN practitioners, or write and submit their own.

Challenges are designed to structure learning and demonstrate achievement in a range of curriculum areas. Learners work through their chosen challenges and collect evidence of their achievements in a portfolio.

Centres can claim certification from ASDAN to reward learners' achievements. There is also the option of downloading a simple statement of achievement after each completed challenge to reward small steps of progress.

Challenges

Challenges take 10, 20 or 30 notional learning hours to complete. There is a bank of challenges to choose from, divided into 27 curriculum areas covering topics including Communication, Mathematics, PSHE, Home Management, IT and Employability.

Tutors can write and upload their own challenges and there is guidance provided to help you do this. It costs £8.65 to submit each challenge for approval to be added to the bank.

For each delegate that attends the Lifeskills Challenge training, three free challenges can be submitted.

Learner registration

In order to download and start work on your chosen challenges, you must purchase registrations for your learners. Learner registration costs £17.30 per person.

This registration lasts for 12 months, during which time the learner can complete as many challenges as required. The price includes one certification opportunity, along with the option to download Statements of Achievement along the way.

There is also an opportunity to purchase a 'Registration Extension Fee' for £10 per learner registration. Each learner will therefore have a 2nd year of registration. This will mean that all challenges role over to the 2nd year and certification is also deferred to the 2nd year.

Getting started

For centres new to ASDAN, your first step is to complete the Centre Registration Form. Current ASDAN centres need to ensure that Lifeskills Challenge is added to their centre's registration.

Following registration, you will be able to log in to the Lifeskills Challenge website. You will manage your candidates, browse and download challenges, submit challenges for approval and request certification from here.

Costs

All student book, certification and registration prices shown below are per learner, unless otherwise stated.


Item Price
Lifeskills Challenge one-year learner registration (one per learner, includes certification) £17.30
Lifeskills Challenge one-year learner registration extension (includes certification) £10.00
Lifeskills Challenge challenge submission fee (per challenge) £8.65

 

Please note that prices are listed with VAT at 20% where appropriate. All prices valid until 31 August 2018.

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